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• Brook CherithBible

  The Brook Cherith is a stream near the Jordan River where, according to 1 Kings 17, the prophet Elijah hid at God's command during a drought and was sustained by food that ravens brought to him.

• Thousand Burnt OfferingsChristian Life

  The thousand burnt offerings are the sacrifices Solomon offered at Gibeon (1 Kings 3:4). In Korean Protestant churches, the expression also names a devotional practice of praying and giving offerings on a thousand occasions or over a thousand days.

• Elah (King of Israel)People

  Elah was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel and the son of Baasha. According to 1 Kings 16, he reigned for two years and was killed by his servant Zimri while drunk. His death brought the dynasty of Baasha to an end.

• Brook CherithBible

  The Brook Cherith is a brook near the Jordan River where the prophet Elijah hid at God's command when a drought began during the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. There he was sustained by food that ravens brought him. The account appears in 1 Kings 17.

• BahurimBible

  Bahurim was a village in the territory of Benjamin east of Jerusalem. In 2 Samuel and 1 Kings it appears as the setting of several events from the time of David.

• HezionPeople

  Hezion is a king of Aram named only in 1 Kings 15:18, where he appears as the father of Tabrimon and the grandfather of Ben-hadad, king of Syria.

• Zimri (King of Israel)People

  Zimri was a king of the northern kingdom of Israel who killed King Elah and reigned seven days in Tirzah. When Omri besieged him, he set the palace on fire and died inside it (1 Kings 16).

• BathshebaPeople

  Bathsheba is a woman in the Old Testament books of 2 Samuel and 1 Kings. Originally the wife of Uriah the Hittite, she later became the wife of David and was the mother of Solomon.

• Mount CarmelBible

  Mount Carmel is a mountain range in northern Israel that extends inland toward the southeast from the Mediterranean coast. It is best known as the place where Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal and prayed for rain (1 Kings 18).

• HielPeople

  Hiel was a man of Bethel who rebuilt Jericho during the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. He appears only once, in 1 Kings 16:34, which records that he lost his firstborn and youngest sons in the course of building the city.

• Hadad the EdomitePeople

  Hadad was a member of the Edomite royal family who fled from Edom to Egypt in the time of David and later returned to become an adversary of Solomon. He appears in 1 Kings 11.

• GenubathPeople

  Genubath was the son of Hadad, a member of the Edomite royal house, and the sister of Tahpenes, queen of Egypt. He is mentioned only once, in 1 Kings 11:20, which records that he was raised in Pharaoh's household among Pharaoh's sons.

• EliadahPeople

  Eliadah was the father of Rezon, who became an adversary of Israel during the reign of Solomon. He is a biblical figure named only once, in 1 Kings 11:23.

• HemanPeople

  Heman is an Old Testament figure who appears in 1 and 2 Chronicles as a Levite worship leader in charge of temple music in the time of David. The same name also appears in the title of Psalm 88 and in 1 Kings 4.

• TabrimmonPeople

  Tabrimmon is a biblical figure named once, in 1 Kings 15:18, as the son of Hezion and the father of Ben-hadad, king of Aram. He belonged to the Aramean royal house centered at Damascus.

• Zedekiah son of ChenaanahPeople

  Zedekiah son of Chenaanah was a prophet in the time of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. He prophesied victory in the war against Aram and struck the prophet Micaiah on the cheek. He appears in 1 Kings 22 and 2 Chronicles 18.

• SegubPeople

  Segub was the youngest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who rebuilt Jericho during the reign of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. He died when his father set up the city's gates, and Scripture records his death as the fulfillment of the word spoken by Joshua (1 Kings 16:34).

• BenaiahPeople

  Benaiah was a warrior who commanded King David's bodyguard and, under King Solomon, succeeded Joab as commander of the army. He appears in 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, and 1 Chronicles.

• EthanPeople

  Ethan is the name of several Israelites in the Old Testament. It refers to "Ethan the Ezrahite," the wise man to whom Solomon is compared in 1 Kings; to the figure named as author in the superscription of Psalm 89; and to Ethan the Levite musician of 1 Chronicles.

• Jachin and BoazBible

  Jachin and Boaz are the names of the two bronze pillars set up before the porch of the Temple in Jerusalem built by Solomon. The pillar on the right was called Jachin, and the pillar on the left was called Boaz (1 Kings 7:21).